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Review: San Diego Opera Performs Bizet's CARMEN at San Diego Civic Center


by Ron Bierman - April 03, 2026

Carmen is the world’s third most performed opera. Its tale of the doomed love affair between an innocent young soldier and a beguiling young woman unconstrained by conventional beliefs was seen in more than 6,000 productions on five continents last year. This performance was in the opera’s origi...

Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Cygnet Theatre


by ErinMarie Reiter - March 30, 2026

“The Lehman Trilogy, now playing at Cygnet Theatre through April 26, is an epic in every sense: sweeping, ambitious, unexpectedly funny, and, even at a three-hour runtime, utterly engrossing....

Review: FIRST DAY IN DECEMBER at By Compulsion Dance And Theatre


by ErinMarie Reiter - March 21, 2026

Running through March 22 in the Diversionary Black Box as a guest production, “First Day in December” is not just a look back; it’s a conversation with right now. ...

Review: THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DIETY at Oceanside Theatre Company


by ErinMarie Reiter - March 16, 2026

Now playing at Oceanside Theatre Company through March 29, “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity' is charismatic, fast-moving, and packed with both theatrical flair and genuine heart....

Review: AN ACT OF GOD at Roustabouts Theatre Co


by ErinMarie Reiter - March 14, 2026

Turns out the Almighty has a few notes for humanity, and apparently, “An Act of God”, now playing courtesy of Roustabouts Theatre Co at the Scripps Ranch Theatre through March 29th is the best place to deliver them....

Review: THE MALTESE FALCON at North Coast Repertory Theatre


by ErinMarie Reiter - March 13, 2026

Rainy streets, shady characters, and a mysterious black bird that everyone seems willing to lie, cheat, or worse to possess, ”The Maltese Falcon” has all the ingredients of classic detective fiction but with a fun new twist in this world-premiere adaptation at North Coast Repertory Theatre....

Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at Backyard Renaissance


by ErinMarie Reiter - March 09, 2026

'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is undeniably a marathon, but in the hands of Backyard Renaissance, the journey rarely loses its grip....

Review: FIASCO THEATER’S BARTLEBY at The Old Globe


by ErinMarie Reiter - February 27, 2026

There are few phrases in literature more quietly unhinged than “I would prefer not to.” And in Fiasco Theatre’s ' Bartleby, now playing at The Old Globe through March 22, that polite little sentence lands like a stick of dynamite in an otherwise well-oiled office machine....

Review: Beetlejuice Haunts San Diego with Heart, Chaos & Big Laughs


by Lucía Serrano - February 26, 2026

The Broadway National Tour of Beetlejuice has landed in San Diego through March 1. The “ghost with the most” is back for a limited run, promising laughs, cringe-worthy humor, and dazzling set and projection design that fully delivers on the spectacle of a Broadway tour....

Review: SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER at Cygnet Theatre


by ErinMarie Reiter - February 24, 2026

“Somewhere Over the Border,” now playing at Cygnet Theatre through March 15, wraps that hope in music, metaphor, and a road-trip structure in a production that is charming and colorful on its surface, but anchored by performances strong enough to carry its deeper weight....

Past Shows

Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly!
Feb 7 – Mar 9, 2025

In this golden age blockbuster hit, a meddlesome matchmaker arrives in Yonkers set on finding a match for the miserly Horace Vandergelder. Bursting with humor,...

Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
Feb 9 – Mar 10, 2024

Join us for this heartwarming musical theatre classic! Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five...

Plaid Tidings
Plaid Tidings
Nov 24 – Dec 24, 2023

Join us for this heartwarming holiday hit!The legendary Plaids come back to Earth to spread yuletide joy with the greatest holiday hits of the ages....

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
Sep 29 – Oct 29, 2023

In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering...

Urinetown
Urinetown
Jul 21 – Jul 30, 2023

In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. A sidesplitting sendup of greed,...

Xanadu
Xanadu
May 5 – Jun 4, 2023

Slap on your roller skates, pump up the glitter, and get hip to the muses in Xanadu, the laugh-out-loud musical stage adaptation of the 1980 film, starring...

Home For The Holidays Special
Home For The Holidays Special
Dec 18 – Dec 31, 2020

Celebrate this holiday season with San Diego Musical Theatres Home for the Holidays Special! Reminiscent of TV holiday specials of the past, Home For The...

The Full Monty
The Full Monty
Jan 26 – Feb 25, 2018

Six men. With nothing to lose. Prepare to go...THE FULL MONTY. Based on the cult hit film of the same name, The Full Monty, follows...

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